Is MvC2 still alive?

Zygmunch · February 15

Seeing as how since the forum "overhaul" did away with 90% of useful info on the subject I figured I might as well ask here.

So, is the Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 community still around? Meaning are there still tournaments and high level players still competing that haven't moved to UMvC3?

I know there's a rift in the community between these two games, but I just wanted to know if MvC2 was worth purchasing on PSN. I have the game for Dreamcast, but I have no idea if tournaments (if there are any) still use the DC with the PSN and XBL version out.

I'm fairly new to the FGC and I mostly just stick with AE and SFxT, but my best experiences with fighting games revolve around playing the MvC2 machine with my buddies when we were younger. I'd like to relive that in a small way by getting to know the community surrounding this game (again, if there even is one).

NickRocks · February 15

@Zygmunch said:

Seeing as how since the forum "overhaul" did away with 90% of useful info on the subject I figured I might as well ask here.

So, is the Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 community still around? Meaning are there still tournaments and high level players still competing that haven't moved to UMvC3?
I know there's a rift in the community between these two games, but I just wanted to know if MvC2 was worth purchasing on PSN. I have the game for Dreamcast, but I have no idea if tournaments (if there are any) still use the DC with the PSN and XBL version out.

I'm fairly new to the FGC and I mostly just stick with AE and SFxT, but my best experiences with fighting games revolve around playing the MvC2 machine with my buddies when we were younger. I'd like to relive that in a small way by getting to know the community surrounding this game (again, if there even is one).

In the mainstream way its as dead as can be.

There's a pretty solid online scene for the game. Offline is pretty scarce but if you wanna post with other people playing the game join the facebook group where mostly everyone left still posts http://www.facebook.com/groups/marvelvscapcom2/ josh360 still plays on PSN and Xecutioner got a dreamcast and is coming to Final Round where there will be an MvC2 side tourney and money matches in hotel rooms (since Shin Blanka said no MMs in the tournament hall)

Zygmunch · February 15

Thanks a lot for the info, man!

I'll brush up and just may show at Final Round XVI...

Also, what console is preferable for tournament play? Do most people still just use the Dreamcast?

Preppy · February 15

There's a MvC2 subforum here you could check on this stuff in. :)

NickRocks · February 15

Zygmunch said:

Thanks a lot for the info, man!

I'll brush up and just may show at Final Round XVI...

Also, what console is preferable for tournament play? Do most people still just use the Dreamcast?

general consensus seems to be DC>PSN>360. but 360 users will say differently lol. FR will have tournaments on all 3 consoles

Preppy said:

There's a MvC2 subforum here you could check on this stuff in. :)

no one really posts there anymore tbh :\

Zygmunch · February 15

Preppy said:

There's a MvC2 subforum here you could check on this stuff in. :)

And I'm not sure it exists anymore

pherai · February 15

mvc2 players are pretty passionate. up until FFA closed I still saw people on the mvc2 cabs there all the time

but relative to ssf4ae/marvel3, anything released before 2008 is 6 feet under :(

Mr. X · February 15

MvC2 forum Gambit glitched off SRK

4neqs · February 16

I somehow managed to find the subforum, lol: http://forums.shoryuken.com/categories/252

Use the old numbers after "Marvel vs Capcom 2" in the old URL, and use "http://forums.shoryuken.com/categories/" as template. Just change around the numbers. That's how I got to rediscover the non GD/non SF4/non MvC3 stuff that I used to browse. SFXT subforum messed up all the other FG's, what a surprise.

Manila/Luzon in the Philippines still has an offline scene, but it's at L1 damage, which is different from the normal damage MvC2 of the States.

d3v · February 16

4neqs wrote: »

Manila/Luzon in the Philippines still has an offline scene, but it's at L1 damage, which is different from the normal damage MvC2 of the States.

IronMan infinite for God Tier. Storm standing Fierce's everything. Magneto players cry when multiple ROM loops barely do anything.

4neqs · February 16

Icemang/Doom chip teams, lol

yoh001 · February 16

^Don't for get Blackheart assist.

NickRocks · February 16

Any scene that still uses Cable alot is a good scene IMO

Hecatom · February 16

NickRocks said:

Any scene that still uses Cable alot is a good scene IMO

You would love the scene of my country then

Here, the game is called Marvel vs Cable for a reason

NickRocks · February 16

Hecatom said:

NickRocks said:

Any scene that still uses Cable alot is a good scene IMO

You would love the scene of my country then
Here, the game is called Marvel vs Cable for a reason

tell them to come to final round! ahaha

Benji41 · February 17

@ Mr. X I click off topic on accident sorry.

ForTheViolence · February 17

it's pretty dead mainstream wise. But I know xbox live has a strong community, psn is decent.

NickRocks · February 17

peru having a tourney soon

http://i.imgur.com/orkesk1.jpg

TheGamingTool · February 17

It is more alive on Xbox than psn. Trust me, I have both versions. MvC2 still have fans and still alive till this day. Not sure when it is going to die down but I am still playing it.

EricGGMusic · February 17

PSN is more alive than XBL. XBL might have a few better players but in numbers, no.

Lord_Raptor · February 17

GC has a MVC2 board finally, gonna see if we can run thins when the inks get worked out.

TheGamingTool · February 17

EricGGMusic said:

PSN is more alive than XBL. XBL might have a few better players but in numbers, no.

That might be true (I haven't went on my Xbox for quite some) but Psn barely have matches up. At certain times there some matches but not as much as XBL

EricGGMusic · February 17

TheGamingTool said:

EricGGMusic said:

PSN is more alive than XBL. XBL might have a few better players but in numbers, no.

That might be true (I haven't went on my Xbox for quite some) but Psn barely have matches up. At certain times there some matches but not as much as XBL

If you're not playing around past 9PM EST, then that is true. Though that goes for pretty much any game

d3v · February 18

Hecatom said:

NickRocks said:

Any scene that still uses Cable alot is a good scene IMO

You would love the scene of my country then
Here, the game is called Marvel vs Cable for a reason

Here we believe that the game is actually a sitcom named "Everybody Loves Tony (Stark)"

NickRocks · February 18

PSN: we have David Lee (and now josh360!)

Cheech Wizard · February 18

Nick do you know anything about the status of Eddie Lee currently?

4neqs · February 18

Philippines will have an arcade tourney in March as well.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/136304063137/permalink/10151321126853138/

NickRocks · February 18

Cheech Wizard said:

Nick do you know anything about the status of Eddie Lee currently?

the last thing I know about him is he was playing vanilla mvc3

bkfst_sausage · February 18

I stopped playing PSN MvC2.
That's all that matters.

@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack.

NickRocks · February 19

bkfst_sausage said:

I stopped playing PSN MvC2.
That's all that matters.

@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack.

You weren't good though :P

bkfst_sausage · February 19

NickRocks said:

bkfst_sausage said:

I stopped playing PSN MvC2.
That's all that matters.

@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack.

You weren't good though :P

Twas that sarcasm. Thing is - I was good... long time ago. Before PSN. Like, back in 2k6. I just stopped giving a shit about it. It's a dumb game, just too bad that I took 7 more years to accept that.

EricGGMusic · February 20

bkfst_sausage wrote: »

NickRocks said: 
 
bkfst_sausage said: 
I stopped playing PSN MvC2. 
That's all that matters. 
 
@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack. 
 
 
 
You weren't good though 
Twas that sarcasm. Thing is - I was good... long time ago. Before PSN. Like, back in 2k6. I just stopped giving a shit about it. It's a dumb game, just too bad that I took 7 more years to accept that.

did i retire you from 3s? =D

Pablo_the_Mex · February 20

I got like 8 MAS sticks ready to go son.

Lord_Raptor · February 21

Pablo_the_Mex said:

I got like 8 MAS sticks ready to go son.

I need to get back up to Seattle.

NickRocks · February 21

bkfst_sausage said:

NickRocks said:

bkfst_sausage said:

I stopped playing PSN MvC2.
That's all that matters.

@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack.

You weren't good though :P

Twas that sarcasm. Thing is - I was good... long time ago. Before PSN. Like, back in 2k6. I just stopped giving a shit about it. It's a dumb game, just too bad that I took 7 more years to accept that.

lol yeah that was sarcasm, you used to whoop me when I first started playing. dont be salty, the game's still fun. You should come to FR

dont think I didnt see you playing MvC2 today

SirMixahLot · February 21

@EricGGMusic said:

bkfst_sausage wrote: »

NickRocks said: 
 
bkfst_sausage said: 
I stopped playing PSN MvC2. 
That's all that matters. 
 
@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack. 
 
 
 
You weren't good though 
Twas that sarcasm. Thing is - I was good... long time ago. Before PSN. Like, back in 2k6. I just stopped giving a shit about it. It's a dumb game, just too bad that I took 7 more years to accept that.

did i retire you from 3s? =D

No. I still play that. Super Turbo and 3S are really the only fighters I've been playing. I was playing GG and VF too, but those are more off and on spurts, and I'd play KoF more if the netcode was worth anything.

@NickRocks said:

bkfst_sausage said:

NickRocks said:

bkfst_sausage said:

I stopped playing PSN MvC2.
That's all that matters.

@EZ, messaging about playing all the time. I don't play that ass anymore, broski... Virtua Fighter and Super Turbo. Fuck Crack.

You weren't good though :P

Twas that sarcasm. Thing is - I was good... long time ago. Before PSN. Like, back in 2k6. I just stopped giving a shit about it. It's a dumb game, just too bad that I took 7 more years to accept that.

lol yeah that was sarcasm, you used to whoop me when I first started playing. dont be salty, the game's still fun. You should come to FR

dont think I didnt see you playing MvC2 today

Don't have the time for that. And that's not me playing it. That's my temporary roommate. I told him to not make another account on my PS3 because he's only staying with me through February. I don't touch that game. I refuse to.

EM · February 21

Lol mix retired from marvel cause he was too mad that I was stylin' on him... plus the cal was on me.

Come get retired in ST son! That Blanka needs a beat down, asap

b-(

SirMixahLot · February 21

@EM said:

Lol mix retired from marvel cause he was too mad that I was stylin' on him... plus the cal was on me.

Come get retired in ST son! That Blanka needs a beat down, asap
b-(

I honestly don't even know who you are... Have we even played games?

EM · February 21

f

edit: it won't let me put up the one you edited :(

SirMixahLot · February 21

@EM wrote: »

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/PorridgeBoy/dar.gif

Wow... That was YEARS ago... holy shit.
I still don't remember playing you in anything though.

EM · February 21

Shiit I ain't been on GGPO in forever, you still got that shit?

SirMixahLot · February 21

@EM said:

Shiit I ain't been on GGPO in forever, you still got that shit?

Yeah... But IDK if it works... My computer has probably 19382103 things to update before it works though... I haven't turned GGPO on since last summer.

EM · February 21

Oh you're on that HDR, aight I'll hit you up on PSN. Lookout for my psn - BustahWulf

SirMixahLot · February 21

@EM said:

Oh you're on that HDR, aight I'll hit you up on PSN. Lookout for my psn - BustahWulf

Ohh, cool. I had deleted you a while ago. I forgot we played at all. There was a time I was adding everyone I played, not realizing that there was a cap on how many people you could have. Must have deleted you. My bads.

4neqs · March 9

http://www.youtube.com/user/supermanFesti/videos?view=0&flow=grid

MvC2 tourney from the Philippines (last week). Again, Philippine MvC2 is on L1 damage, so it can seem like a completely different game at times.

HaikuWar · April 9

Why is the pi on lv 1 damage? Potongana man... I started playing again and I dropped msp for now... because I played cable... holy fuck cable is hella fun. Team scrub/clops ftw man. I'm reviving it in my scene, I sometimes go to my local qzar but barley anyone there. I play on xbox for now because I don't have a mas stick just green goblins :(... ( hint hint I need a mas haha hook it up )

4neqs · April 11

iirc...

Waaay back in late 2000 or 2001, some players complained about Cable and other characters ending matches too quickly on normal damage. To appease them, most arcades set the damage to L1. It made matches go longer and characters live longer, but it totally changed the way the game was played here.

There's still a few normal damage cabs but L1 became the competitive/MM/tourney standard because of years of use - Marvel 2.5, as Fchamp and Neo dubbed it during their visit here. lol

JacopeX · April 11

The real question i'm more interested in is how long will MVC2 be alive for?

SirMixahLot · April 11

JacopeX wrote: »

The real question i'm more interested in is how long will MVC2 be alive for?

All eternity.

NickRocks · April 12

JacopeX wrote: »

The real question i'm more interested in is how long will MVC2 be alive for?

as long as theres people still willing to show up and have side tournies for it, forever...

M3llow_Balrog · April 17

should i get this game? it just doesnt look deep or something

Is MvC2 still alive?

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